Picture: Royal Engineers Museum "In 10 months, the Mulberry harbour was used to land over 2.5 million troops, 500,000 vehicles and 4 million tons of supplies.

Royal-Engineers-Museum News: Virtual D-Day Created Seventy Years On. Thursday, May 29, 2025. Royal Engineers Museum News.

A descendant of William the Conqueror from Swindon has recently released a book that tributes to the soldiers that died on VE Day.

Message 1 - Royal Engineers 1940 Posted on: 03 December 2004 by sgt_george. I am researching the military career of a great uncle of mine Sgt. George Fitzpatrick (1866342) of 1 Supply Base Depot ...

The gold chain of office was donated to the Royal Engineers Museum, in Gillingham, after the title of Mayor of Gillingham was abolished as a result of local government reorganisation in late 1998.

Arthur Middleton and the 85th Field Company of Royal Engineers embarked from Southampton on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, of June 1944 in an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), as part of assault force J.

<I>From an early date in his career he displayed considerable inventive ingenuity. When stationed at Bermuda, as a young subaltern, he excited attention by numerous clever devices connected ...

Artworks by the celebrated local artist Percy Kelly (1918-1993) continue to grow in value. A watercolour “Village Backs” sold for £3,000, a watercolour of a lane, cottages and mountains sold ...

A museum has launched a JustGiving campaign to purchase engineering records from the Second World War. The Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham has to raise £10,000 by March 10 before the ...

Message 1 - Royal Engineers 1940 Posted on: 03 December 2004 by sgt_george. I am researching the military career of a great uncle of mine Sgt. George Fitzpatrick (1866342) of 1 Supply Base Depot ...

8th Feb 1941 The new unit of the 85th Chemical Warfare company, Royal Engineers was established at “A” camp, Barton Stacey, Hampshire and Arthur joined as Pioneer 2nd Class along with the ...